PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Beautiful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Gant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gant has chosen Snoop Dogg - Murder was the Case as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Beautiful
vs
Gant

191 cm
19
176 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
178 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner
Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Timmy Beautiful!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Gant!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beautiful swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gant fails with a takedown attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Beautiful as he connects with a hook.
Beautiful avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beautiful misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beautiful lands a jab.

Gant moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gant tries for a takedown. No joy.
Beautiful wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Beautiful's efforts to push away.

Beautiful breaks from the clinch.
Gant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beautiful scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beautiful throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gant. That's going to slow Beautiful down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Beautiful misses its intended target.

Gant clinches up with Beautiful and pushes him back against the cage.
Beautiful is trying to break the clinch but Gant is controlling him.
Beautiful gets underhooks to prevent Gant's takedown attempt.
Timmy Beautiful has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Gant.

Beautiful breaks the clinch.
Beautiful lands an overhand right.
Beautiful scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gant doesn't seem bothered though.

Gant gets a double leg takedown into Beautiful's guard.
Gant passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A lull in the action here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beautiful wants to control but Gant postures up.
Beautiful tries to bench press Gant off him but Gant keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gant working the head with strikes.
Beautiful is trying to get back to half guard.
Gant working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Beautiful can't do much from the bottom here.

Gant is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Beautiful is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Gant tries for a kimura but Beautiful is defending well.
Gant scoring with punches from side control.

Gant wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Beautiful, who protects the arm well.
Gant misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gant tries for a kimura but Beautiful is defending well.
Beautiful wants to control but Gant postures up.
Gant working the head and body with strikes.
Gant trying to control the action but Beautiful is working from the bottom.
Beautiful gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gant has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Gant looking to secure an arm triangle but Beautiful defends it well.

Gant swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Omar Gant!
Omar Gant managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Vitality, into his post fight interview.